Lately, my go-to lazy meal has been rice with pancharatna (5-jewel) daal. It is hearty, easy, and does not need a lot of spices to be flavourful.

Udad daal Masoor daal Moong daal Chana daal Arhar daal (Please check translations online as they have various names in English. These are the Hindi names.)

Half a cup of this mix in a pressure cooker with one cup of water, or slow cook it in a saucepan. Ghee in a saucepan, as much as you want + some oil to prevent it from burning. Cumin, 2-3 cloves of garlic and one green chilli cut in half lengthwise. Pinch of salt. When the garlic is golden, put in some chopped tomatoes, add half a teaspoon of turmeric and half tsp salt, and fry until mushy. Drop in the lentils and cook slowly. Add water if you want it more runny. Taste and add the final bit of salt to taste Optional garnish with coriander leaves and best served with basmati rice.

Try cooking the basmati rice with a couple of cloves and a bay leaf for that added aroma.

Special Interest Group. An internal committee convenes to decide the fate of the process.

(I don’t know the answer, but I’m pretty sure it stands for signal.)

The original was “my mom”. This image has flipped it around. That’s why there’s a weird gap.

“CHLAMYDIA! YOUR DAD’S HERE!”

Also if you buy stuffed toys made with petroleum-based fibers like nylon, they actually have some dinosaur in them.

If you give a man a jingle, he will jingle for a day

If you teach a man to jingle, he will JINGLE ALL THE WAY!

(stolen from the comment section of a Conan video)

Small nitpick: It is spelled ad nauseam.

Corning: dinner plates, Gorilla glass, space shuttle windows

I have a cheap Honeywell soundbar. It’s quite crappy but enough for podcasts.

Same! That’s how I learnt about this issue.

I noticed that too! I went on my first plane journey a few years ago (Airbus A320 neo) and was concerned about the very kerosene-y smell while taxiing, but no one else seemed to be bothered by it.

Turns out the cabin air is just bypassed from the compressor, and when the plane is reversing, the exhaust goes back into the compressor and thus the cabin (my terminology may not be accurate). So it means the airplane manufacturers won’t even bother putting a proper air filter in their planes.

Is this a reference to that court case transcript?

Fools! It’s obviously a water bottle. Upside down for fashion reasons.

It can be a serious issue for abandoned kittens who might nurse on each other. Imagine having to put a little kitten through surgery. The more you know…

Oh my god how could you forget this universal fact?!

Oh man, guess I just got spliced

You know what, I have a cold and this made me feel a little better <3

For real? Dogs are breaking into cheese cells, extracting the DNA and stealing cheese genes?

Maybe. How would a dog get fat if they couldn’t digest cheese? Wouldn’t it just pass through their body?

I don’t want to search this online because that’s less fun than having a conversation.

Splice?